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I dont know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples thei

I dont know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us dont want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and were not ready to see it used in ways that offend us. – Tony Campolo

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The first reason for the preponderant influence of those Evangelicals who define themselves as advocates of Religious Right theological and political ideologies is that they have both the financial means and technological know-how to make widespread use of modern electronic forms of communication. – Tony Campolo

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There is no doubt that religion had already waned under the onslaught of the Enlightenment, but it was Freud who provided the radically new understanding of human nature that made any religious explanation of the whats and whys of our personhood seem naive. – Tony Campolo

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President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case – and most Americans would agree with him on this – then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people? – Tony Campolo

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We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people. – Joseph Ratzinger

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As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nations economy and culture. – Bob Filner

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